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Just proves this feature is useless. Why do you care for a closed case?

No

Were you, petitioner, invited to the interview at the embassy in the letter? Because usually only beneficiary goes to interview when going through consular route. And as one online lawyer says, nothing ever good happens when petitioner goes to the consular interview together with beneficiary

By the way, I'm not sure if still the case, all student visa interviews were paused few days ago: https://www.newsweek.com/us-student-visa-pause-interview-2077963 If you're spending some time overseas it may be OK. If you wanted to return immediately, this pause could be another issue.

Sadly, not a unique situation for I-751. Did you apply for naturalization?

Sadly, as @JeanneAdil said, this no longer works. I naturalized earlier this year. Checked these boxes on N-400. My status was never updated, so I had go to SSA in person. Here's my experience: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/830870-updating-citizenship-status-with-ssa-in-2025/ US passport is another option instead of certificate of naturalization.

No

Sadly it happens from time to time. Maybe weather, maybe ceremony got overbooked, maybe officer conducting it got sick, or there's high priority tasks requiring postponing the ceremony. Hang in there!

Here's example. - Alice enters USA on 01/01/2020 on CR-1 visa after 1.5 years of living separately from spouse Bob, because he's in the US, she's back in France getting visa. - Alice is a resident since 01/01/2020 - Alice's 3 year anniverary as LPR is on 01/01/2023 - Alice files based on 3 year rule, marriage to US citizen. She also uses 90 day early filing window, so N-400 is filed on 10/03/2022. - N-400 is denied due to not meeting marital union requirement. Yes, she's married for over 3 years. But marital union counts as 3 years from 01/01/2020 and there is no early filing window for that. At time of filing you must live together, physically for 3+ years. - If Alice filed on 01/01/2023 or later, she would have been approved

If you're very certain it will be denied as is, you can withdraw petition and not wait for denial. On the other hand, you can roll the dice. I cannot give 100% it will be denied.

Good luck!

1) Tax return trascripts prove good moral character and support answer "No" to question "Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you called yourself a "nonresident alien" on a Federal, state, or local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you considered yourself to be a nonresident? " 2) They also confirm continuous residence It takes less than 5 minutes to download them for free from IRS website and upload with form. It's a low effort and there is no harm in providing them. On VJ I read from people applying under 5 year rule being asked for transcripts at the interview. It's just one way to take reasons away that would cause USCIS slow down processing, request evidence or put applicant in uncomfortable position at the interview.

Combined I-751 and N-400

Printed in all 10 available languages so airline agent cannot use "I can't speak language X" excuse 😈 Ideally in font size 72 Jokes aside, I carried it with me (in English) when travelling

Tax return transcripts can upload in Additional Evidence section of N-400. I did that. Now I'm a citizen. If you don't upload, you may be asked for them at interview. Uploading them streamlines the case in my opinion.

Just like with stock market, where past performance doesn't guarantee future returns, prior approvals / acceptance by USCIS doesn't guarantee prior decisions wouldn't be reviewed. The reason USCIS has multiple petitions required along the way and multiple interviews, is to catch fraud and its own errors. Any prior decision by USCIS technically can be revisited and overturned at next stage of immigration process. Again, I don't doubt your prior cases were adjudicated correctly. Just saying, anything can be scrutinized, even if it was OK in the past. Do I think you'll have issues? Probably not. Maybe 5% chance of them asking for additional proof of US citizenship. Good luck!

Not sure this is an improvement though

Passport is issued by Deparment of State (DOS). Certificate of citizenship is issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The burden of proof is typically on petitioner, even if data is in USCIS system, which it may not be, because the kid never applied for N-600. Some people got passports erroneously (you can google news) and were denied passport renewal decades later after having passport for most of their adult life. USCIS may (not saying they will) need to establish fact the spouse was US citizen for 3+ years. I know, passport is 5+ years, but it doesn't say exact date somebody became a citizen unlike certificate of citizenship. Not saying this will be a problem for sure, but there's small possibility.

I-693 can only be done by civil surgeon.

It was never useful, but thanks for the heads up! I guess USCIS got overwhelmed by worrying filers asking why their case is taking longer than predicted etc.

There was no rejection, there was a denial. Those are different things. The typical route is to reapply, if mistake on petitioner's side.

Nobody can stop filing the case. Whether it's approved is a separate question. Based on prior discussion, suggested filing date is in July. Today is June 4.

In rare circumstances I can see officer may want to establish how and when the spouse became US citizen. Certificate of citizenship would have been very helpful for that. But since you don't have it, the only option is to go to the interview and hope this doesn't come up. Maybe parent's certificate of naturalization could explain how US citizen got their citizenship. Let us know how it goes!

There's a lot of stories people marrying within the first 3 days of arriving to the US, it's certainly possible. Essentially, nephew will have to convince officer he doesn't have any immigration intent. He may have less than a minute for the entire interview at consulate. We just point out possible issues. He can try getting visa. Maybe it'll be successful, maybe not. Good luck!

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